History
The first Leader in Me
school started in 1999 when a struggling school in North Carolina,
A.B. Combs Elementary, was asked to reinvent itself or be shut down.
Their principal, Muriel Summers, asked parents and businesses what they
wanted in their schools and the following themes were consistently
heard from everyone that was asked

Leadership

Accountability

Adaptability

Initiative and Self-direction

Cross-cultural Skills

Responsibility

Problem Solving

Communication

Creativity

Teamwork

In her quest to reinvent her
school, Muriel attended a 7 Habits conference and noticed how
comprehensive the habits were to what she had learned from the parents
and businesses. She took this idea back to her staff, and hence a
leadership model was instituted in her building using the 7 Habits as
the guiding principles. A.B. Combs was the #1 magnet school in the
country in 2006 and has inspired hundreds of schools to replicate the
leadership model with similar results. Watch the videos below to learn
more about the Leader in Me.